Murray: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “settlement by the sea”
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- MUR-ee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (98% of all uses)
Murray is an Anglicized Scottish surname and given name from the region name Moray. The place-name is often explained from Gaelic elements referring to a sea settlement.
How popular is Murray?
Babies named Murray in 202460
2024 rank#2,705 boys
Peak year1922
Total US babies since 188022,242
Murray is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Murray
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Murray questions
What does the name Murray mean?
Murray means "settlement by the sea". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Murray is an Anglicized Scottish surname and given name from the region name Moray. The place-name is often explained from Gaelic elements referring to a sea settlement.
Is Murray a boy or girl name?
Murray is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Murray?
60 US babies were named Murray in 2024. Its peak year was 1922.
How do you pronounce Murray?
Murray is usually pronounced MUR-ee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.